November 23 (SeeNews) - Serbia's state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has said the electricity output of coal mining and energy complex TE-KO Kostolac totalled 5.39 billion kWh in the period January 1-October 15, 1% above plan.
The production of Kostolac A coal-fired power plant amounted to 1.6 billion kWh, while the output of Kostolac B stood at 3.79 billion kWh, EPS said in the latest edition of its corporate newsletter.
TE-KO Kostolac operates two power plants, the 310 MW Kostolac A and the 700 MW Kostolac B.
Unit 2 of Kostolac B produced the largest amount of electricity, of 1.92 billion kWh, in the period under review, followed by Unit 1 of the power plant, with 1.8 billion kWh, EPS said.
Earlier this week, Serbia's government said China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) has started the construction of a third unit in Kostolac B. The new 350-MW unit of Kostolac B will produce 2.5 billion kWh of electricity annually, increasing the total output capacity of EPS by 5%.